State-building, expansion and conflict

Civilization:Egypt

Name:Katie Behan


Themes
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Political Structures and forms of governance
  • The Pharohs claimed that they were gods
  • They forced their subjects to work about 80 days a year(when the demand for agricultural labor was low) ,building massive pyramids and statues in honor of the gods and the Pharoh himself.
  • The common people of the empire were like slaves constantly working.
  • The commoners were responsible for agriculture & building also making weaponry
Empires
  • The Nubian empire was the empire below Egypt.
  • Nubia sought to control trade by controling the Nile.
  • Nubian King Kushta organized an army that conquered Thebes in 760 B.C.E
  • Kushta's decendants cemented Kushite rule in upper Egypt and claimed the title of Pharoh
  • Eypt was separated into 3 kingdoms: The Old Kingdom, The Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom
  • In the Old Kingdom the power of the Pharohs was greatest
  • It was during this period that the prominent structures of the Egyptian empires were constructed, like the largest pyrimid of Khufu.
  • During the Middle Kingdom the power of the Pharoh decreased do to high agricultural productivity
  • The New Kingdom was a prosperous time for the Eyptian empire.
  • The population soared and Pharohs sought to expand the boundries of the Egyptian empire
  • They began seizing control of regions that might threaten Eyptian power.
Nations and nationalism
  • The pyramids built in ancient Eypt were built not only for the gods but to demonstrate Egypts power and wealth to the rest of the world.
  • Statues and temples were built to demonstrate Egyptian culture.
Revolts and revolutions
  • At the end of the Old Kingdom several regions in Egypt became so powerful (because of high agriculture productivity) that they began to ignore the Pharoh altogether.
  • This inturn, weakened the Pharoh's power greatly.
  • Which led to the Nubian's to invade Egypt and gradually and obtained power.
Regional, transregional, and global structures and organizations
  • Not applicable